The American Indian population continues to grow and shape the population of New Mexico, the most diverse state in the continental U.S., according to Census Bureau figures.

New Mexico’s population grew 13.2 percent to 2,059,179 in 2010, with American Indians accounting for 9.4 percent and Latinos for 46.3 percent of the total, up from 42.1 percent in 2000.

Non-Latino whites became a minority in New Mexico between 1990 and 2000, census figures show. Latinos now outnumber whites in the state — the first time that has happened in a census, said William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institute. Now only four out of 10 New Mexicans are non-Latino whites.

“There are going to be more and more states that are going to look like New Mexico,” said Mark Mather, a demographer at the Population Reference Bureau, a Washington-based nonprofit that tracks international demographics.

Hawaii, with a population 39 percent Asian, 25 percent white, 24 percent mixed- race and 10 percent Native Hawaiian, is the most racially diverse U.S. state, according to 2010 census figures. Bloomberg News

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